New Jersey South Shore 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
New Jersey South Shore 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
New Jersey South Shore 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
New Jersey South Shore 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall
New Jersey South Shore 3D layered wood map in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall

New Jersey South Shore 3D Wood Map | Laser-Cut Birch Depth Chart

$ 338.00
Size
Frame
13.5 x 43 in
Baltic birch, hand-stained water
Up to nine laser-cut birch layers
Carved bathymetric relief, laser-etched labels
Soundings: NOAA nautical survey data
How the Water Becomes Wood

A chart is a stack of flat sheets until the water's real soundings tell it what shape to take.

  1. SurveyReal bathymetric sounding data sets every contour line before a single cut is made.
  2. CutEach depth band is laser-cut from its own sheet of Baltic birch, up to nine layers deep.
  3. StainWater layers are stained by hand, reading darker the deeper the water runs.
  4. StackThe sheets are registered and stacked in sequence, and the bed's true shape rises out of the wood.
  5. EtchDepths and place names are burned into the grain itself, never printed on it.
  6. FrameA solid Baltic birch frame and acrylic glass finish the piece, ready to hang.

The New Jersey South Shore in stacked Baltic birch, 13.5 by 43 inches: Atlantic City to the Wildwoods carved one depth contour per layer, the boardwalk coast at full length.

The South Shore runs the state's boldest beach personalities in sequence: Atlantic City's skyline above the boardwalk that started it all, Ocean City's family-run wholesomeness on its own island, the doo-wop motels of the Wildwoods fronting a beach so famously wide the walk to the water counts as cardio, and Stone Harbor and Avalon keeping their tidy dune-backed calm between. Behind them all spreads the great salt-marsh maze of the back bays, where the channels wind past sedge islands to the inlets. On the chart, the widening beaches and the marsh country's engraved creeks tell the south coast's whole story in birch.

Each contour is a separate laser-cut sheet, stacked by hand and engraved, behind acrylic glass in a solid Baltic birch frame in Dark or Light.

Every family down the shore defends its exit with religious conviction. This chart remains neutral.

The engraving spans Absecon Inlet and Atlantic City, Ocean City, Sea Isle, Avalon and Stone Harbor, and the Wildwoods. Companions: the full New Jersey Coast and Cape May.

  • 13.5 × 43 in
  • Solid Baltic birch frame in Dark or Light
  • Acrylic glass front, ready to hang
  • Free next-business-day shipping on orders placed by 2 PM EST
  • 14-day returns
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